Elon Musk suddenly going into overdrive to blame DEI, Obama, Biden...

likely because he doesn't want you to know that the FAA was without a leader during the DC plane crash thanks to him

My post for the Harvard Law Forum on Corporate Governance discusses insider trading by UK directors who sit on several boards. When these directors face a trading ban in one firm due
to an impending earnings announcement, they often trade in their other firms using their private information.

https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/01/22/insider-trading-in-connected-firms-during-trading-bans/

After some German unions yesterday, more than 60 (!!) German universities left #X/#Twitter today. Some are already active on #Mastodon. They justified this with their commitment to fact-based communication and against antidemocratic forces. Values that promote diversity, freedom and science aren't present over there, they say. 👏🏻

#TwitterMigration #eXit #Xodus #ElonMusk #NoAfD #SocialMedia

https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/01/10/hochschulen-und-forschungsinstitutionen-verlassen-plattform-x-gemeinsam-fuer-vielfalt-freiheit-und-wissenschaft

@mikegalsworthy What took you so long?

Please fasten your seat belts as we expect heavy turbulence over the next 4 years.

on.ft.com/4fLHBRp

Ever wondered how a CEO's political ideology influences their firm's payout policy? My study with Ali Bayat finds that conservative CEOs are more likely to pay dividends and pay higher dividends often combined with stock repurchases. A podcast about the study is available at bit.ly/4gEK5Cz. #corpgov

Last week, I deactivated my Twitter account. As I never got the hang of Mastodon, I am now giving #Bluesky a go. My profile is marcgoergen.bsky.social.

Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia. I'm surprised he didn't already fall out of a hospital window.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733

UK gov has 150 days to secure deal with EU on post-Brexit rules for electric car exports. If no deal is reached, tariffs of 10% will be imposed on cars exported from UK to EU. This could put at risk 800,000 jobs in UK car industry. #getagripgov
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/uk-car-firms-150-day-30622226

British thinktanks received $1m+ from US donors in 2021. IEA & Policy Exchange were among top recipients. Critics say lack of transparency allows unseen donors to influence political debate. Guardian has investigated Tory ties to US donors for 13 years.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/04/uk-thinktanks-urged-to-be-transparent-about-funding-as-1m-us-donations-revealed

@kathhayhoe most people don't seem to care until it affects them personally. Sometimes not even then.

The Dutch government has officially launched their own Mastodon server, State Secretary of Digitalisation @avhuffelen announced today! The server lives on the official domain of the Dutch government, at social.overheid.nl.

The Secretary mentions in her announcement a letter to the government explaining her support for 'value-driven alternative social networks', such as Mastodon. For more information on that, check out
https://fediversereport.com/dutch-government-officially-launches-mastodon-server/

How the Lebedevs used their media empire to whitewash their shady dealings. A shocking investigation by @BylineTimes reveals the truth behind the Russian oligarchs. Read it here: https://bylinetimes.com/2023/06/27/laundering-the-lebedevs/

There is a reasonable chance that the Musk might have fucked Twitter for good. A tweet claiming that unverified [code not paying] users limited in how many tweets they can read. Brace, brace.

“According to the Land Registry, the freehold of the hotel is owned by a company that involves family members of the infamous Nicholas van Hoogstraten.”

‘Infamous’ doesn’t adequately describe this murderous nazi. Why is the Home Office sending refugee children to his hotels?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/25/child-migrants-to-be-sent-back-to-hotel-where-136-vanished

"Sunak’s mention of ‘biology’ and the use of trans women as a punchline appears to demonstrate the [UK] prime minister’s willingness to adopt so-called gender-critical lines and attack the trans community when addressing his own MPs in private..."

Rishi Sunak mocks trans women in leaked video footage
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/18/rishi-sunak-mocks-trans-women-leaked-video/

@irizoris @aram Here is a gift link: https://wapo.st/3NxkTl8

RT @excellencia_ltd
RT @marcgjg: When I was thinking about writing a textbook on corporate governance, I wanted to start afresh. Rather than focusing on boards of directors as the solution to all #corpgov problems, the approach adopted by existing textbooks, I decided to f…